Van Oord has completed the installation of the 150th foundation at the Gemini offshore wind farm. On July 01, 2015, Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus, together with Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Osprey, started installation and the last foundation was installed on October 17. The installation of th
TGS has acquired 46,500 kilometers (25%) of the 186,000 km 2D seismic project, Gigante in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey is being acquired with four Seabird vessels and the fifth vessel, M/V Aquila, will join the survey in early November. Gigante covers the entire deep water area of the offshore sec
Royal Navy divers have destroyed an historic sea mine found off the coast of Gourock on the Clyde in Scotland. The British-made S Mk6 sea mine, dating from around the time of the Second World War, was discovered by a civilian diver earlier in the week who reported it to the local authorities. Northe
The European Commission has approved the grant transfer of €17 million from the Kyle Rhea project to Atlantis’ MeyGen tidal energy project. According to Atlantis, the funding will accelerate the development of MeyGen Phase 1B, also known as project Stroma, which is expected to reach financial close
Carnegie Wave, an Australian wave energy developer, has completed the conceptual design phase of its CETO 6 project. According to Carnegie, this CETO 6 design delivers a number of advantages over previous CETO generations including an approximate four times increase in rated capacity to 1 MW, the re
AW Energy’s wave energy device, WaveRoller, has received the second endorsement from Lloyd’s Register Energy. WaveRoller’s concept design was evaluated in accordance with Lloyd’s ‘Qualification of New Technology’ and ‘Qualification Management’ standards. Lloyd’s Register Energy (LRE) stated that the
Deutsche Windtechnik AG has set up two new companies in other European countries: Deutsche Windtechnik BV in the Netherlands and Deutsche Windtechnik ApS in Denmark. Both companies shall initially handle orders in the offshore sector; in the medium term, however, they also plan to take on projects o
Deutsche Windtechnik AG has set up two new companies in other European countries: Deutsche Windtechnik BV in the Netherlands and Deutsche Windtechnik ApS in Denmark. Both companies shall initially handle orders in the offshore sector; in the medium term, however, they also plan to take on projects o
Cinia Group began laying the new submarine Sea Lion data cable in Helsinki, Finland. The new fiber optic subsea cable will provide a direct, low latency and cyber secure Internet backbone connection between Finland and Germany. “The sea cable initiative builds the future of Finland based on our exis
VBMS has completed two 1,170 meter long horizontal directional drillings at the landfall for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The drillings were done in preparation for the installation of two 42 kilometer long export cables next year. To avoid worsening weather conditions later in season, the work w
DeepOcean 1 UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. Offshore work will be performed from DeepOcean’s new cable installation vessel Maersk Connector in 2017, the
Energinet.dk plans to start the replacement of two sections of the cable that connects the Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid in the period between October 26 and November 23, depending on weather conditions. In February, the company discovered an error in the submarine cable that connects the An
New research conducted by the University of Washington suggests that subsurface warming could be causing more methane gas to bubble up off the Washington and Oregon coast. The study shows that of 168 bubble plumes observed within the past decade a disproportionate number were seen at a critical dept
One of many interesting technical sessions today at OEEC 2015 was Subsea Processing. The session discussed the latest developments in subsea processing solutions including water removal and re-injection or disposal, boosting, gas separation and gas compression. Experts on the topic presented the via
